Senior Software Developer
Location: GB, SRY, Camberley
Department: Technical
Salary range: 40000-50000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
Based in the South of England, Sentios Technology provides managed kiosk solutions and service delivery for end users and industry partners. Sentios is able to design, deliver and support self-service solutions to all industry sectors across the UK and Europe.The Sentios approach to project delivery combines a blend of methodologies including Prince2, Lean, Six Sigma and ITIL. We believe in clear and on-going communication throughout the project life cycle to ensure that a transparent and collaborative approach is taken at all times, starting with a robust approach to capturing and understanding customer requirements and expectations.We have over 20 years' experience in IT service delivery including 11 years specifically in the self-service solution sector.Sentios Technology values are integrated at all levels of business from internal back office practices to outwards customer interaction. These values guide cultural behaviour and day-to-day conduct to ensure that we operate in a sound and ethical way at all times. They drive internal behaviour and practices to support integrity, communication, operational excellence and customer satisfaction.Sentios people are encouraged to conduct themselves in an open, honest and collaborative manner both internally and outwardly to customers, suppliers and partners.Lean principals, organisational learning and continuous improvement exist through every level of the organisation to drive efficiency, cost reduction and process excellence.In summary, Sentios values fall into the following categories : People, Operational Excellence, Listen &amp; Understand, Integrity &amp; Collaboration, and Customer Focussed Delivery.

Job description:
An exciting opportunity now exists for a Senior Software Developer to join Sentios, a start-up technology company in the South of England.The successful applicant will not only help deliver live projects, but also assist in defining a new development environment and help build the in-house software team. This position reports directly to the Technical Director.Technically, this is a broad role. The successful candidate will predominantly be creating rich web-oriented User Interface front ends, but is also required to interface with 3rd party systems, sometimes create local running Windows applications (or web app in desktop wrapper), and occasionally required to work with low-level languages to interact with hardware APIs.Immediate Primary responsibilities:Engage immediately in current ‘in-flight’ projectsWork with the technical team on customer solutions (Design Architecture)Work with design teams to convert storyboards to User InterfaceDevelopment of kiosk user journey and experienceDesign and develop interactive user interface, often web front endDesign and develop kiosk control softwareInterfacing with hardware APIs to control and monitor integrated componentsInterfacing with software APIs, customer back-end systems, and databases (often SQL)Engage with customers, vendors and partners as necessary to deliver technical solutionsGuide and mentor junior developersSecondary &amp; future responsibilities:Evaluate available development technologiesCreate a standard Sentios development approach and methodologyDevelop the Sentios in-house development environment (cloud servers, TFS &amp; other collaboration tools)Create an internal library of standard software, hardware and solution modules (over time)Provide software strategy steer and guidance to Directors aligned to business growthHelp to build the software team and provide recruitment support as requiredOpportunity to run and manage a team of in-house developers aligned to business growth 

Requirements:
Tools and technologies:Essential (in order of importance/competence)Visual Studio (2010+)C#.net (strong)WPF (MVVM)SQL Database IntegrationIntegration with 3rd party APIs &amp; systems#URL_86fd830a95a64e2b30ceed829e63fd384c289e4f01e3c93608b42a84f6e662dd# (MVC)Some C or C++ experienceTeam Foundation ServerDesirable (in order of preference)(If no WPF) HTML / HTML5 / CSS / JavaScript • Hardware API IntegrationWCF / Web API experienceMultithreadingWindows EmbeddedStronger C++ experienceMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft Project 

Benefits:
Sentios Technology is a start-up technology company based in the south of England. Sentios specialises in interactive self service solutions including: Information Systems, Way Finding, Payment Systems, Vending Kiosks, Access Control Systems, Virtual Reception, Queue Management and Digital Signage. Sentios also embraces emerging technologies such as interactive 'PCoIP zero-client', Remote Virtual Desktop integration solutions, and integration with consumer portable devices.Where required, the technical team design more bespoke diverse applications such as home automation, mobile top-up, pay-per-use Wi-Fi, secure public access internet and exhibition information systems. Sentios solutions typically integrate software, hardware, remote monitoring and technical support.